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meatpimp
May 15, 2004

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It's damned near perfect right now. Please paint all the carbon fiber things to match.

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May 15, 2004

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ABS sensor triggered tire pressure and brake pad wear lights? :psyduck:

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

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Obvious photoshop... cars with LS motors don't need tow straps.

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Bape Culture posted:

Turbos are cool as poo poo but I just can't think it'd be better than a v8!

Heat
Reliability
Expense
Complicatedness

V8 wins on all counts. Hail satan.

Yeah, V8s are better than turbos for those that like sound instead of power.

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May 15, 2004

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Bape Culture posted:

I went to see some friends.

Your friends do bad things to good cars.

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May 15, 2004

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Bape Culture posted:

1mm total of toe. What on earth is causing this?
It can't be bump toe my car's too stiff.



Anyway it's currently on the ramp having subframe reinforced and cage points put in. Along with the new rack and brakes etc. decided to solid bush rear subframe and powerflex black everything else.

Lots going on so will update shorly.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I SAY, that you have abnormal wear on the inside edges of your tires.

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May 15, 2004

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Stop throwing parts at that poor M3 and just buy this: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C618115

Edit: he's down to 52k asking... probably pick it up for £50k.

meatpimp fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Aug 5, 2015

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May 15, 2004

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88h88 posted:

Left hand drive. Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

The way the Lord intended. :colbert:

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May 15, 2004

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Shrapnig posted:

A5h would probably end up going the wrong way on a roundabout and binning it into a hedge.

*again.

Maybe he got that out of his system...

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Shrapnig posted:

Nice joke getting, joke getter.

Not everyone follows A5h's exploits as closely as you do, I was just filling in the gaps for the players at home.

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88h88 posted:

Thread dead? :(

Come back, A5H. :(

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May 15, 2004

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Bape is dead, but his thread lives on. :rip:

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Well that's a pretty lovely return. :smith: What are plans now?

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bandman posted:

:rip: :dings: :rip:

What the hell happened?

He found out that you can only hit the "space shuttle" button once.

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Bape Culture posted:

But then since it blew up I went full mental and ordered the following parts...



Hell yeah. Welcome back, a5h.

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Bape Culture posted:

I think I'll paint my intake manifold crackle black and my valve covers insanely metallic flake gold. Might throw an m stripe on somewhere to wind up the purists too.

Take it a step further and turn the intake runners into M stripes.

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Bape Culture posted:

I wonder if that'd work it's just a crappy casting isn't it.
Anyone able to do a photoshop?

I think it's plastic, I was thinking about taking 3 of the runners, painting them the M stripes, then have the stripes continue down the driver's valve cover with the "M" on the cover. Beautiful.

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Bape Culture posted:

I ended up with a spare billet aluminium shift knob and I want to get it coated in copper and then clear coated. Anyone know what company would do that and how much it would cost? Alternatively I wish I knew someone who could airbrush well so I could get an American flag blown onto it :buddy:

Hydrodip it.




http://hydrodipstore.com/product/hot-lava-copy/

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May 15, 2004

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bolind posted:

OK, sorry for making GBS threads up this thread, but I simply cannot comprehend why ITBs give performance/responsiveness gains? Can someone explain it to me like I'm six years old?

Suck on a straw. Yes, you can breathe, but it's hard and you have to pull. Now take the straw away and suck air in through your mouth the same way as when you were sucking on the straw. See how much more air you're getting and how immediate it is?

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May 15, 2004

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As this thread goes further down the rabbit hole, I'll throw in something back a page or so ago -- you're putting in a new crate LS, right? Those motors take abuse, daily. They're not some precious snowflake BMW engine with a known failure mode.

Don't open it up just to replace one thing that you think needs to be stronger, as was mentioned before -- you very well may gently caress something else up.

Slap it in there and drive the gently caress out of it. It's a new Chevy V8. It'll take more abuse than you can give it.

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Bape Culture posted:

I'm going to be erect for the rest of the year. Consequences of this?

Nothing bad, just lots of things getting hit with your swinging LS dong.

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Bape Culture posted:

It has no dampers on haha

Blocks of wood will suffice.

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Bape Culture posted:

There's no dampers on the car!!!!!!

Enough with the excuses. (Engine bay looks super clean, nice job!)

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Bape Culture posted:

My dampers are Schirmer KW V3s with turner top mounts and custom springs/helpers.

Grats on the dampers. Now do a burnout.

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May 15, 2004

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Fookin ell, indeed.

That counts for the burnout, extra points for doing a skid in the first turn. I salute you, you're doing the lord's work.

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Bape Culture posted:





Mapping is underway!

Fuckin' better than a burnout, right there.

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May 15, 2004

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Bape Culture posted:

I'm sure I saw a mental 450hp stroked S54 and it was £70k.

In reality I looked at the supercharger kits that are around. I needed a whole new block. Break down was roughly the same as this once you've done a forged bottom end. And that's with a 100k block. I don't think I'd be able to trust a FI S54 either and it was much much heavier and more complicated.

You know... they make superchargers for LS motors. :D

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Awesome loving thread with awesome loving cars. gj a5h. Now stop being fake and gay.

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Seminal Flu posted:

Awesome loving thread with awesome loving cars. gj a5h. Now stop being fake and gay.



That'll do.

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Is this thread over?

No! More Bape!

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